Quy Chau Forest Ranger Chief used a blue-plate car to transport illegal timber.

(Baonghean.vn) - At about 5:30 p.m. on August 3, at the intersection of Do Luong Town, Do Luong District Police discovered a black pickup truck with a blue license plate, number 37A-1343, carrying nearly 1 cubic meter of wood.

At the time of the police inspection, the subjects sitting in the car, including driver Nguyen Duc Thuan from Do Luong and Mr. Thai Ngo Cuong - Head of the Quy Chau Forest Ranger Department, did not have any documents to present about the origin of the wood on the car. Immediately after that, the car carrying the illegal wood was temporarily detained at the Do Luong District Police. At noon on August 4, the car was transferred to the PCCCR Mobile Forest Ranger Team No. 2 for handling. According to the source, the wood was transported by Mr. Thai Ngo Cuong - Head of the Quy Chau Forest Ranger Department to build a house. Witnessing it with our own eyes, we saw that the wood was all cut into pieces, each piece was about 1 meter long and hidden behind the pickup truck compartment, covered with a blanket on top.

The green-plate "forest protection" car was used by the Chief of the Quy Chau Forest Ranger Department to transport illegal timber.

Mr. Le Dinh Son - Captain of the Mobile Forest Protection Team No. 2 said: In the immediate future, we will seriously handle the case according to the police records, and ask for instructions from the Nghe An Provincial Forest Protection Department to handle it in accordance with the law.

It is known that the file on the case of the forest ranger vehicle carrying illegal timber seized by the Do Luong district police has been completed and sent to the Captain of the PCCCR Mobile Forest Ranger Team No. 2 for coordination in handling. However, it was very surprising when Mr. Tai - Head of the Do Luong district police said: It is true that the vehicle was seized, but we do not know whose it is, we are verifying, now there are many vehicles with fake license plates. We have not measured the wood, and it is not yet determined whether this wood is legal or illegal. At the time of inspection, there were no documents, people are presenting documents, we are waiting to verify that. If it is not a forest ranger vehicle, it is also a loss, because usually the smugglers have dozens of license plates on the vehicle.

It can be said that after the incident of "illegal timber truck overturned, forest rangers exposed" in Pu Huong Nature Reserve, forests in Nghe An are still being cut down in many places, and trucks carrying illegal timber still blatantly pass through many checkpoints. Now, with another Forest Ranger sitting comfortably in a "forest protection" vehicle to transport illegal timber, how rampant will illegal loggers be in the area?

To clarify this incident, it is recommended that the relevant authorities conduct an extensive investigation, verify the origin of the illegal timber and the subjects transporting the illegal timber to handle it strictly before the law.

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